Business Running Case: Evaluating Personal Job Market Prospects in 2024

import polars as pl
import pandas as pd
import sqlite3
import plotly.express as px
import missingno as msno
from wordcloud import WordCloud
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from IPython.display import Image

df = pd.read_csv("lightcast_job_postings.csv")

df.head()

	ID	LAST_UPDATED_DATE	LAST_UPDATED_TIMESTAMP	DUPLICATES	POSTED	EXPIRED	DURATION	SOURCE_TYPES	SOURCES	URL	...	NAICS_2022_2	NAICS_2022_2_NAME	NAICS_2022_3	NAICS_2022_3_NAME	NAICS_2022_4	NAICS_2022_4_NAME	NAICS_2022_5	NAICS_2022_5_NAME	NAICS_2022_6	NAICS_2022_6_NAME
0	1f57d95acf4dc67ed2819eb12f049f6a5c11782c	2024-09-06	2024-09-06 20:32:57.352 Z	0	2024-06-02	2024-06-08	6.0	[\n "Company"\n]	[\n "brassring.com"\n]	[\n "https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...	...	44	Retail Trade	441	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	4413	Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers	44133	Automotive Parts and Accessories Retailers	441330	Automotive Parts and Accessories Retailers
1	0cb072af26757b6c4ea9464472a50a443af681ac	2024-08-02	2024-08-02 17:08:58.838 Z	0	2024-06-02	2024-08-01	NaN	[\n "Job Board"\n]	[\n "maine.gov"\n]	[\n "https://joblink.maine.gov/jobs/1085740"\n]	...	56	Administrative and Support and Waste Managemen...	561	Administrative and Support Services	5613	Employment Services	56132	Temporary Help Services	561320	Temporary Help Services
2	85318b12b3331fa490d32ad014379df01855c557	2024-09-06	2024-09-06 20:32:57.352 Z	1	2024-06-02	2024-07-07	35.0	[\n "Job Board"\n]	[\n "dejobs.org"\n]	[\n "https://dejobs.org/dallas-tx/data-analys...	...	52	Finance and Insurance	524	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	5242	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Rela...	52429	Other Insurance Related Activities	524291	Claims Adjusting
3	1b5c3941e54a1889ef4f8ae55b401a550708a310	2024-09-06	2024-09-06 20:32:57.352 Z	1	2024-06-02	2024-07-20	48.0	[\n "Job Board"\n]	[\n "disabledperson.com",\n "dejobs.org"\n]	[\n "https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/5948...	...	52	Finance and Insurance	522	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	5221	Depository Credit Intermediation	52211	Commercial Banking	522110	Commercial Banking
4	cb5ca25f02bdf25c13edfede7931508bfd9e858f	2024-06-19	2024-06-19 07:00:00.000 Z	0	2024-06-02	2024-06-17	15.0	[\n "FreeJobBoard"\n]	[\n "craigslist.org"\n]	[\n "https://modesto.craigslist.org/sls/77475...	...	99	Unclassified Industry	999	Unclassified Industry	9999	Unclassified Industry	99999	Unclassified Industry	999999	Unclassified Industry

5 rows × 131 columns

print(df.shape)

(72476, 131)

📌 Data Cleaning & Preprocessing

Drop Unnecessary Columns

columns_to_drop = [
    "ID", "URL", "ACTIVE_URLS", "DUPLICATES", "LAST_UPDATED_TIMESTAMP",
    "NAICS2", "NAICS3", "NAICS4", "NAICS5", "NAICS6",
    "SOC_2", "SOC_3", "SOC_5"
]
df.drop(columns=columns_to_drop, inplace=True)

We are removing multiple versions of NAICS/SOC codes because we are going to use the most granular version of those codes available.

In this case it is NAICS and SOC codes. Keeping multiple versions would introduce redundancy and potential inconsistencies in our analysis.

The following columns are irrelevant or redundant for our analysis and can be dropped to improve efficiency and clarity.

ID - unique identifier which is not relevant for analysis

URL - job posting urls which is not relevant for analysis

ACTIVE_URLS - active urls for job posting which is not relevant for analysis

DUPLICATES - whether the job post is duplicate or not

LAST_UPDATED_TIMESTAMP - timestamp when the job post was updated

NAICS2CS3, NAICS4, NAICS5, NAICS6, NAI- less granular versions of NAICS code (we only need NAICS)

SOC_2, SOC_3, SOC_5 - less granular versions of SOC codes (we only need SOC)

Dropping these columns will improve our analysis by:

- Reducing the size of the dataset - Removing irrelevant information - Improving the clarity and focus of our analysis by removing unnecessary details.

Handling Missing Values

msno.heatmap(df)
plt.title("Missing Data Heatmap")
plt.show()  

# Drop columns with >50% missing values
df.dropna(thresh=len(df) * 0.5, axis=1, inplace=True)

# Fill missing values safely
df["NAICS_2022_6"] = df["NAICS_2022_6"].fillna(df["NAICS_2022_6"].median())
df["NAICS_2022_6_NAME"] = df["NAICS_2022_6_NAME"].fillna("Unknown")

Remove Duplicates

To ensure each job is counted only once, we remove duplicates based on job title, company, location, and posting date.

df = df.drop_duplicates(subset=["TITLE", "COMPANY", "LOCATION", "POSTED"], keep="first")

📌 Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

Job Postings by Industry

top_industries = df["NAICS_2022_6_NAME"].value_counts().nlargest(15)
fig = px.pie(
    names=top_industries.index, 
    values=top_industries.values, 
    title="Top 15 Job Posting Industries"
)
fig

Top 20 Industries by Median Salary

Remote vs. On-Site Jobs

fig = px.pie(df, names="REMOTE_TYPE_NAME", title="Remote vs. On-Site Jobs")
fig.show()

Data-Related Job Postings Across the USA

import plotly.express as px
import pandas as pd
import us  # To convert full state names to abbreviations

# 🔹 Step 1: Filter for Data-Related Roles
data_roles = df[df["NAICS_2022_6_NAME"].str.contains(
    "Data|Analytics|Machine Learning|Data Scientist|ML|Business Analyst|Data Analyst | ", 
    case=False, na=False
)]

# 🔹 Step 2: Aggregate Job Counts by State
job_counts = data_roles["STATE_NAME"].value_counts().reset_index()
job_counts.columns = ["state", "job_postings"]

# 🔹 Step 3: Convert Full State Names to Abbreviations
job_counts["state"] = job_counts["state"].apply(lambda x: us.states.lookup(x).abbr if us.states.lookup(x) else x)

# 🔹 Step 4: Create Choropleth Map
fig = px.choropleth(
    job_counts,
    locations="state",
    locationmode="USA-states",  # Correct location mode for US states
    color="job_postings",  # Color by job count
    hover_name="state",
    color_continuous_scale="Viridis",  # High-contrast color scheme
    title="Data-Related Job Postings Across the USA",
    scope="usa"  # Focus on the USA
)

fig.show()

Industries related to data roles

data_roles = df[df["NAICS_2022_6_NAME"].str.contains(
    "Data|Analytics|Machine Learning|Data Scientist|ML|Business Analyst| Data Analyst|", 
    case=False, na=False
)]

industry_text = " ".join(data_roles["NAICS_2022_6_NAME"].dropna())

wordcloud = WordCloud(
    width=800, height=400, background_color="white", 
    colormap="viridis", max_words=100
).generate(industry_text)

plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
plt.imshow(wordcloud, interpolation='bilinear')
plt.axis("off")
plt.title("Industries with Data-Related Roles")
plt.show()